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A Michigan farm worker has been diagnosed with avian influenza, state officials announced Wednesday, making it the second human case associated with the outbreak among cows.Officials said the individual was infected with the virus, called H5N1, after being exposed to infected livestock. The individual had only mild symptoms and has fully recovered, officials said. They did not provide further details to protect the privacy of the farm and the workers, they said.In 2022, a person in Colorado with direct exposure to infected poultry became the first confirmed human case of H5N1 in the United States. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an H5N1 infection in a worker at a Texas dairy farm — the first case associated with the outbreak among cows.The detection o...

French President Emmanuel Macron has a lot to handle. The European elections are fast approaching and his party is expected to lose. There are frenetic preparations for the Paris Olympic Games. A manhunt is underway for an inmate whose brazen and deadly escape shocked the country.The last place many expected Macron to be was on a plane headed to one of France's Pacific territories, where riots have erupted all week. But there he was, arriving in New Caledonia on Thursday with three ministers in tow, on a mission to heal and listen in a territory where many hold him personally responsible for the unrest.“I come here with determination to work to restore peace, with a lot of respect and humility,” he said upon his arrival.The riots were sparked by the prospect of a vote last week in ...

The Justice Department and a group of states plan to sue Live Nation Entertainment, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, as early as Thursday, accusing it of illegally maintaining a monopoly in the live entertainment industry, three people familiar with the matter said .The government plans to argue in a lawsuit that Live Nation has entrenched its power through Ticketmaster's exclusive ticketing contracts with concert venues, as well as the company's dominance over concert tours and other businesses such as venue management, they said two of the people, who declined to be named because the case was still private. That has helped the company maintain a monopoly, raising prices and fees for consumers and limiting innovation in the ticketing industry, the people said.The governm...

The families of several Israeli female soldiers taken hostage during the Hamas-led attack on October 7 have released video of their abduction in a bid to pressure the Israeli government to restore apparently stalled ceasefire talks that could pave the way for the release of female prisoners. .The family members first saw the footage a few weeks ago via the Israeli army, which formally gave them a copy Tuesday night, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents the families of hostages held captive in Gaza.“I ask you, please, to show this clip every day, to open your broadcasts with it,” Eli Albag, whose daughter Liri Albag can be seen in the video, said in a television interview with Israel's Channel 12. "Until someone wakes up, the nation wakes up and reali...

Just four months ago, Noland Arbaugh had a circle of bones removed from his skull and paper-thin sensory tendrils slithered into his brain. A computer the size of a small stack of coins was placed on top and the hole was sealed.Paralyzed below the neck, Mr Arbaugh is the first patient to take part in the human clinical trial testing Elon Musk's Neuralink device, and his early progress has been greeted with enthusiasm.Working with engineers, Mr. Arbaugh, 30, trained computer programs to translate the firing of neurons in his brain into the act of moving a cursor up, down and around. His mastery of the cursor soon became so agile that he could challenge his stepfather to Mario Kart and play an empire-building video game late into the night.But as the weeks passed, about 85 percent of t...

For decades, Iranian leaders have been able to cite high voter turnout in elections as evidence of the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic's political system. But as voter turnout has plummeted in recent years, the elections they will now be forced to hold following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi will force the political establishment into a decision it doesn't want to make.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, has two options, each of which carries risks.It could ensure that the presidential elections, which according to the Constitution must take place within 50 days of Raisi's death, are open to everyone, from extremists to reformists. But that risks leading to competitive elections that could take the country in a direction it doesn't want.Or ...

When David De Clercq traveled to San Francisco last year, he had a few obligatory stops on his itinerary: going to Alcatraz. He tries new restaurants. And he travels in a self-driving car.Self-driving cars, also known as autonomous vehicles or, colloquially, robotaxis, have been plying the streets of San Francisco in some form since 2009 and have been operating commercially since last August. The cars are also shaping up to be the city's latest tourist attraction.Mr. De Clercq, 42, who divides his time between New Jersey and Sardinia, where he owns restaurants and bars and rents villas, is an avid traveler.“I love exploring and doing new things,” she said. “I knew I definitely wanted to hitch a ride while I was in town.”What, where and how to driveConversations abound on Reddit and...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday held funeral prayers for the country's president who died in a helicopter crash, as thousands of Iranians filled the streets of Tehran in an official day of mourning.The president, Ebrahim Raisi, 63, was killed along with Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, 60, and five other travelers who were traveling with them on Sunday. The funeral began Tuesday with a procession in Tabriz, the closest major city to the crash site in northwest Iran. The bodies of Raisi and the others killed were then taken to the holy city of Qom and Tehran, the capital, ahead of Wednesday's events.Iranian security forces have implemented severe restrictions on vehicle movement and parking in the area where the funeral processions ...

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